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994 FXUS61 KOKX 020540 AFDOKX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service New York NY 140 AM EDT Tue Jul 2 2024 .SYNOPSIS...
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High pressure over the Great Lakes will build east overnight and across the area on Tuesday. The high will then give way to an approaching frontal system late Wednesday into Thursday. The frontal system will remain nearby for the start of the weekend, likely moving just offshore Sunday into Monday.
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&& .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
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Forecast is on track with only minor changes needed. Otherwise, expect dry conditions as a large area of high pressure builds east from the Great Lakes. N-NE winds will diminish to 10 mph or less. Overnight lows will range from the mid 50s across the interior and Pine Barrens region of Long Island, to the lower/mid 60s along the coast. The warmest readings will be across the NYC metro area. These temps are a few degrees below normal.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/...
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High pressure both aloft and at the surface builds across on Tuesday. Expect mostly sunny skies with subsidence and high temperatures right around normal for this time of year. Most locations will top out in the lower/mid 80s, warmest across the interior and NYC metro. Expect late morning/afternoon sea breeze development due to a weak flow, with the synoptic flow becoming light S-SE less than 10 mph. For Tuesday night into Wednesday, not much change with the exception of a strengthening southerly flow on Wednesday as the high builds to the east. Humidity levels will also come up some, but forecast remains dry with ridging aloft.
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&& .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
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No significant changes were made and closely followed the NBM. The main adjustments had to do with PoP over the weekend to better account for likely frontal boundary position toward the weekend. Main Points: * The humidity climbs late in the week and remain elevated into the weekend. * The pattern shifts to a more unsettled regime as a frontal boundary stalls just to the west, and lingers nearby for a good portion of the weekend. A quasi-zonal pattern that will be in place to begin the period quickly evolves to a developing long wave trough into the Northern Plains and Midwest which is progged by the global model consensus to gradually lift northeast and deamplify. This will lead to a SW flow aloft and a prevailing S to SW flow at the sfc throughout the period. A warm front is expected to lift north of the area Wednesday night and this will lead to a warmer and more humid air mass to take hold into the 4th of July holiday. There remains some question as to how far east the influence of an approaching frontal boundary can get to the region later on the 4th. For now have chance to slgt chance shwr/tstm for the holiday for later in the day and evening. For the remainder of the period the main question is how much does the frontal boundary stall Friday into Saturday, and then does the frontal system progress east late in the weekend and early next week. The front may very well linger nearby keeping things somewhat unsettled from time to time, especially for the afternoon and evening hours with more daytime heating for shower and tstm activity. PW should continue to creep up Thursday through the weekend as the region will be between high pressure in the W Atlantic and a mean trough to our W-NW. This should result keeping humidity and the chance of at least diurnally driven shower activity in place. Temperatures are expected to average a few degrees above normal through the period.
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&& .AVIATION /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
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VFR as high pressure builds in. Most terminals should have N-NE flow less than 10 kt. A couple of sites have briefly increased close to 10 kt but do not expect this to continue overnight. Wind should shift SE-S less than 10 kt along the coast and at the NYC metros by afternoon. KLGA likely to hang onto an ENE breeze off Long Island Sound until about 20Z. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... No unscheduled AMD expected. OUTLOOK FOR 06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... Late tonight: VFR. Wednesday: VFR. SE winds G20kt late. Thursday: VFR for much of the day, then MVFR or lower cond possible with any late day or nighttime showers/tstms. Friday and Saturday: MVFR or lower cond possible at times with chance of showers/tstms. Detailed information, including hourly TAF wind component forecasts, can be found at: https:/www.weather.gov/zny/n90
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&& .MARINE...
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High pressure builds across through Tuesday with sub-SCA conditions. S flow strengthens a bit on Wednesday with the high departing to the E and a weak frontal system approaching from the W. Gusts 15-20 kt will be possible in the NY bight, but lower elsewhere. Sub advisory conditions will remain in place from Wednesday night through Saturday for all waters. There will likely be bouts of marginal SCA cond at times, especially for portions of the ocean waters, as a southerly flow increases with high pressure offshore and a frontal boundary likely being to the west.
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&& .HYDROLOGY...
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A frontal boundary and pre-frontal trough are likely to approach late Thursday into Friday, and possibly linger into the weekend. At this time it remains too early to determine the risk of any hydrological impacts as the position of these features remain in question.
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&& .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
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There will be a low rip current risk on Tuesday. There will be a moderate risk developing for the NYC and Nassau ocean beaches on Wednesday, with a low risk likely continuing for the Suffolk ocean beaches.
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&& .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...JE/DW NEAR TERM...JE/JP/DW SHORT TERM...DW LONG TERM...JE AVIATION...BG MARINE...JE/DW HYDROLOGY...JE/DW TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...